ICAI have issued directions to the branches that Vice Chairman of the branch will be the Chairman of the Branch for the next following year

Elevation of Vice Chairman of the Branch as the Chairman in the following year unless two-third of the members present vote to the contrary.

The Managing Committee at its meeting to be held between 16th day of February and 28th day of February every year shall elect its Chairman, ViceChairman, Secretary and Treasurer. In case the nomination of First Members of the Managing Committee under second proviso to Direction (1)(i) takes place in the first year or second year or third year, as the case may be, of three year term after 20th February of the year concerned, the Managing Committee at its meeting as early as possible, shall elect its Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. So often as any of these offices become vacant, the Managing Committee shall choose another member of the Managing Committee to hold that office. The election shall be conducted by voting through single transferable system.

Provided that where all the Office Bearers of Managing Committee of any Branch resign at one time during the currency of the year, all such office bearers would be nominated by the Management Committee of the Council from amongst the Members of Managing Committee of the Branch. 

Provided further that a member of the Managing Committee who has been elected as the Vice Chairman of a Branch, subject to his being continued as a member of the Managing Committee, shall be deemed to have been elected as the Chairman of that Branch in the immediately following year, unless two-thirds of the members of the Managing Committee present and voting, vote that he should not be elected as the Chairman.

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